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<p>In This post We Will see, How To calculate/Count UPSC Prelim Marks? and What is negative marking in upsc prelims examination. so in UPSC civil services prelims examinations we have two papers namely paper 1 and paper 2 and both have the ⅓ negative marking system. but difference is that in paper 1, the one question is for 2 marks and in paper 2 we have one question is for 2.5 marks. so, there is a little bit difference in the marks calculation.</p>



<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter"><img src="https://upsccse.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/how-to-calculate-upsc-prelim-marks.png" alt="how to calculate upsc prelim marks and is there negative marking in upsc prelims" class="wp-image-999"/><figcaption><strong>How To Count UPSC Prelim Marks</strong></figcaption></figure></div>



<p>so, now we will see how to calculate the UPSC civil services preliminary examinations marks.<br></p>



<p>first of all you should know these two things about paper 1 and Paper 2 negative marking.</p>



<ol class="wp-block-list"><li>paper 1 negative marking (1/3) is  ;for each wrong answer you will get penalty of 0.66 marks.</li><li>paper 2 negative marking (1/3) is  ;for each wrong answer you will get penalty of 0.82 marks.</li><li>In Paper 2 You won&#8217;t get any penalty/negative marking for Decision Making Questions (if UPSC will Ask it again. because, upsc is now not asking it)</li><li>There will be No Negative Marking For Unsolved Questions.</li><li>Paper 1 and Paper 2 both are compulsory but Paper 2 is Qualifying in Nature.(You have to score only 33% Marks In Paper 2)</li><li>Only Paper 1’s Marks Will Be considered for Cut Off.</li></ol>



<p>For example, in paper 1 you got 70 right answers and 10 wrong answers and in paper 2 you got 35 right answers and 7 wrong answers.<br></p>



<p>Paper 1 Marks :</p>
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<p>Rights Answers : 70 x 2 = 140 Marks</p>



<p>Wrong Answers : 10 x 0.66 = 6.6 Marks<br></p>



<p>Your Score : 140 &#8211; 6.6 = 133.4 Marks</p>



<p>So, Your Score for Paper 1 is 133.4 Marks</p>



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<p>Paper 2 Marks :</p>



<p>Rights Answers : 35 x 2.5 = 87.5 Marks</p>



<p>Wrong Answers : 7 x 0.82 = 5.74 Marks<br></p>



<p>Your Score : 87.5 &#8211; 5.74 = 81.76 Marks</p>



<p>So, Your Score for Paper 1 is 81.76 Marks<br></p>



<p>In this way you can calculate your UPSC civil services preliminary examination marks. as you can see that in a paper 2 there are 81.76 Marks Which are Higher than the Qualifying Marks so, your paper 1 marks are eligible for Cut off Ranking/Calculation. Compulsion is that you have to Score minimum 33% marks in paper 2 otherwise simply you will be disqualified in prelim even you get 200 marks in paper 1. <br>
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